³ For the revelation awaits an appointed time;^(A)
    it speaks of the end^(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait^(C) for it;
    it^[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.^(D)

⁴ “See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person^(E) will live by his faithfulness^[b](F)—
⁵ indeed, wine^(G) betrays him;
    he is arrogant^(H) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,^(I)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive^(J) all the peoples.